Call for Submissions ~ The Caine Prize for African Writing

The Caine Prize for African Writing is open for submissions for 2020. The deadline to enter is the 31^st January 2020. The prize is awarded to an African writer of a short story in English.

To enter please send six original published copies of the work for consideration to the Caine Prize office including a publisher’s letter detailing your author's qualifying nationality, word count, as well as the title of the story, year of publication and title of publication.

The Award                                                 

There is a cash prize of £10, 000 for the winning author and a travel award for each of the shortlisted candidates (up to five in all); the shortlisted candidates will also receive a prize of £500.

Full details on how to enter can be found at http://caineprize.com/how-to-enter - please send any queries to: info@caineprize.com

Eligibility

Unpublished work is not eligible for the Caine Prize

Submissions should be made by publishers only

Only fictional work is eligible

Only one story per author will be considered in any one year

Submissions should specify which African country the author comes from and the word count

We require 6 copies of the work in its originally published version

If the work is published in a book or journal, we would like to receive at least one copy of the book / journal and five photocopies; but particularly where several stories are submitted from one anthology we would like if possible to receive six copies of the book / journal itself

If the work is published online, we would like to receive six photocopies.